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Recent Examples of henhouse
This is a prime opportunity for parents to enjoy a morning ride while grandparents hang back with grandchildren to meet a baby goat, pet friendly pigs and, on select days, collect eggs from the henhouse.
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Margaux Lushing, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
From henhouse to clubhouse, Rick Workman has always known the truth:
The only way to hatch a dream is to show up every morning and get to work.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Since 2023, bird flu has wiped out henhouses, leading to egg shortages that have intermittently made buying a carton eye-wateringly expensive.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Chickens stand next to stacks of eggs in a henhouse at Sunrise Farms on February 18, 2025 in Petaluma, California.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Margaux Lushing, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
From henhouse to clubhouse, Rick Workman has always known the truth:
The only way to hatch a dream is to show up every morning and get to work.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Since 2023, bird flu has wiped out henhouses, leading to egg shortages that have intermittently made buying a carton eye-wateringly expensive.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
Chickens stand next to stacks of eggs in a henhouse at Sunrise Farms on February 18, 2025 in Petaluma, California.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for henhouse
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Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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This enchanting storybook suite—once a historic dovecote—is a masterclass in rustic French charm and whimsical elegance.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2022
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—
Lauren Beale,
Forbes,
30 Aug. 2021
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.—
Alexandra Fuller,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2020
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But Walpole’s speed out of the cage, and all over the field, kept Andover off the scoreboard.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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For his final two pieces—with cage, clock, backpack, and rope behind him—Hsieh distilled his medium to time itself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The loosened slightly at the ankle, creating natural folds above a thin stiletto heel.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
9 Nov. 2025
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There will be a natural fold in the top right side of the paper; pull this side out with your right hand and press down so the crease forms a line perpendicular to the top right vertical corner of the box.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Learn ways to protect your flock this fall as migrating waterfowl raise the risk of deadly avian influenza entering your coop.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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Always wash or sanitize your hands before and after handling your birds or moving them between coops.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Now back at the shelter’s Adoption Center, Rocky is struggling with the stress of kennel life.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Paul and Maggie were found fatally shot near the dog kennels of the Murdaugh family property in Colleton County, S.C.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henhouse. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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